Having Pavel will help us. The new rules are going to help players with skill, like Pavel.

He skated with us down at the Joe this past week before we came up here, and he looks like he's in as good a shape as anybody else. With the injuries that he's had, with his knees and stuff like that, it just shows that he's still got the work ethic and the desire to play. He still competes, and he hates losing as much as anybody, whether it's a game or a one-on-one battle.

It will help us to look at our skill players, also.

Each of those players bring skill and experience that should help us this season. We will count on them to give us an edge in play during transition play.

There is an expanding market waiting for us if we will grow the stuff.

I don't want to predict and say who or what might happen, but I don't think it would be a surprise. We know what the expectations are in here.